The historic marquee’s three dimensional spinning globe and neon lights were activated for the first time since the 1980s, marking a major milestone in the theater’s rebirth located in Broadway Avenue in Downtown L.A. As part of Councilmember Jose Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway initiative, the Globe Theatre has been renovated inside and out, and will soon be operating as a live performance venue under the direction of new General Manager Erik Chol.

“People say two things from L.A. that we don’t care about our history and that we don’t like to walk, but that is about to change,” Huizar said during the relighting ceremony, accompanied by members of L.A. Conservancy and the Historic Theatre Foundation.

The Globe Theatre was built in 1913, and as it is being restored it will keep its historic features and its original entrance on Broadway, which has been walled in and covered for decades.